Chainlink
Механизмы минимизации доверия
Context
This figure appears at the beginning of Section 7 (Trust Minimization), providing the structural overview of where trust-minimizing mechanisms are applied in the Chainlink architecture. It identifies and labels the four main loci discussed in the section and orients the reader to the trust hierarchy before the detailed treatments of data-source authentication, DON trust minimization, guard rails, and governance. The figure corresponds directly to the five mechanism headings introduced in Section 1.2.
What This Figure Shows
The figure shows the flow of data and trust through the Chainlink system with numbered labels identifying four key loci: (1) data sources that provide raw data, (2) the DON that aggregates and processes this data, (3) the smart contract that consumes the processed data, and (4) node management smart contracts on the main chain that handle compensation, guard rails, and governance. Each locus is a site where one or more trust-minimizing mechanisms operate—data-source authentication at locus 1, minority reports and failover clients at locus 2, guard rails at locus 3, and trust-minimized governance at locus 4.
Significance
This figure maps the entire trust-minimization strategy onto the system's architecture, showing that security is layered across all components rather than relying on any single mechanism. It reinforces the principle of least privilege by showing that each component is explicitly scoped and monitored, making the overall system robust to failures or malfeasance at any single point.
